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I second that! Wow!
I second that! Wow!
Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds
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I think you can set a fair price without giving your birds away. It all depends on your overhead and if you have customers willing to pay what you are asking. I would think $15 is a bit much (I would not pay that), but $3 or $4 each chick is too cheap. Also, I don't feel that what someone else sells their birds for, should dictate how much you sell your birds for. We all have different costs that go into this. If you are happy and your customer is happy, that is all that matters!
I think you can set a fair price without giving your birds away. It all depends on your overhead and if you have customers willing to pay what you are asking. I would think $15 is a bit much (I would not pay that), but $3 or $4 each chick is too cheap. Also, I don't feel that what someone else sells their birds for, should dictate how much you sell your birds for. We all have different costs that go into this. If you are happy and your customer is happy, that is all that matters!
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I think you can set a fair price without giving your birds away. It all depends on your overhead and if you have customers willing to pay what you are asking. I would think $15 is a bit much (I would not pay that), but $3 or $4 each chick is too cheap. Also, I don't feel that what someone else sells their birds for, should dictate how much you sell your birds for. We all have different costs that go into this. If you are happy and your customer is happy, that is all that matters!
I think you can set a fair price without giving your birds away. It all depends on your overhead and if you have customers willing to pay what you are asking. I would think $15 is a bit much (I would not pay that), but $3 or $4 each chick is too cheap. Also, I don't feel that what someone else sells their birds for, should dictate how much you sell your birds for. We all have different costs that go into this. If you are happy and your customer is happy, that is all that matters!
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x2! He's gorgeous! If I were a chicken, I would be following him around the chicken yard.....
Guess what!! It looks like at least one of my Ameraucana girls is laying - the one that fits the standards, Sky, was spotted in a nesting box and here is what was under her!
Here is the one who was in the nest box:
Her sister, the clean-faced feather legged anomoly, why may be the result of a secret tryst, and I am fully expecting green or olive eggs from her:
ETA: She is only 18 weeks! Wasn't expecting any from an Ameraucana for at least another month!! She beat her Blue Plymouth Rock sister, who I thought for sure would lay long before the Am's!
x2! He's gorgeous! If I were a chicken, I would be following him around the chicken yard.....
Guess what!! It looks like at least one of my Ameraucana girls is laying - the one that fits the standards, Sky, was spotted in a nesting box and here is what was under her!
Here is the one who was in the nest box:
Her sister, the clean-faced feather legged anomoly, why may be the result of a secret tryst, and I am fully expecting green or olive eggs from her:
ETA: She is only 18 weeks! Wasn't expecting any from an Ameraucana for at least another month!! She beat her Blue Plymouth Rock sister, who I thought for sure would lay long before the Am's!
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pips&peeps :
Yep, and I am sure a couple of these posts will get deleted by the end of the day.
Why?
So, were the first genetically Lav birds imported Ameraucana/Araucana from the UK?
Yep, and I am sure a couple of these posts will get deleted by the end of the day.
Why?
So, were the first genetically Lav birds imported Ameraucana/Araucana from the UK?
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pips&peeps
There is no "I" in Ameraucana
I won't go into the why.
No imported ameraucanas that I know of, but I am sure there were and still are lavender english orps in the US somewhere.
From what I understand the orp lines we have today came about when someone found a lavender ameraucana/ee (most likely ee) bird and crossed it into their line of orps and started to develop them from that cross.
ETA: The first lines of lavender ameraucanas that were available were developed by John Blehm and Michael Muenks using OEG and D'Anvers. These were obviously bantams and were bred up from there. The lines from the orp/ameraucana were mixed in by some people at a later date. The person who had the original lavender bird made some orpingtons, ameraucanas and araucanas. I don't know what they used to improve their lines or specific details.
No imported ameraucanas that I know of, but I am sure there were and still are lavender english orps in the US somewhere.
From what I understand the orp lines we have today came about when someone found a lavender ameraucana/ee (most likely ee) bird and crossed it into their line of orps and started to develop them from that cross.
ETA: The first lines of lavender ameraucanas that were available were developed by John Blehm and Michael Muenks using OEG and D'Anvers. These were obviously bantams and were bred up from there. The lines from the orp/ameraucana were mixed in by some people at a later date. The person who had the original lavender bird made some orpingtons, ameraucanas and araucanas. I don't know what they used to improve their lines or specific details.
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Ha! I LOVE silkie crosses!
Where was the Araucana developed and standardized first? I'm just curious. Usually it seems like places look at the standards that have already been established and kind of follow those. Who deviated first? Again, just curious.
Ha! I LOVE silkie crosses!
Where was the Araucana developed and standardized first? I'm just curious. Usually it seems like places look at the standards that have already been established and kind of follow those. Who deviated first? Again, just curious.
pips&peeps
There is no "I" in Ameraucana
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Ha! I LOVE silkie crosses!
Where was the Araucana developed and standardized first? I'm just curious. Usually it seems like places look at the standards that have already been established and kind of follow those. Who deviated first? Again, just curious.
That's probably a question for the Araucana thread.
Ha! I LOVE silkie crosses!
Where was the Araucana developed and standardized first? I'm just curious. Usually it seems like places look at the standards that have already been established and kind of follow those. Who deviated first? Again, just curious.
That's probably a question for the Araucana thread.
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Wow, he is stunning. I love all the colors in his black feathers! He looks quite large, too.
Wow, he is stunning. I love all the colors in his black feathers! He looks quite large, too.
pips&peeps :
I won't go into the why.
No imported ameraucanas that I know of, but I am sure there were and still are lavender english orps in the US somewhere.
From what I understand the orp lines we have today came about when someone found a lavender ameraucana/ee (most likely ee) bird and crossed it into their line of orps and started to develop them from that cross.
ETA: The first lines of lavender ameraucanas that were available were developed by John Blehm and Michael Muenks using OEG and D'Anvers. These were obviously bantams and were bred up from there. The lines from the orp/ameraucana were mixed in by some people at a later date. The person who had the original lavender bird made some orpingtons, ameraucanas and araucanas. I don't know what they used to improve their lines or specific details.
Wasn't there some Australorp involved originally, too?
I won't go into the why.
No imported ameraucanas that I know of, but I am sure there were and still are lavender english orps in the US somewhere.
From what I understand the orp lines we have today came about when someone found a lavender ameraucana/ee (most likely ee) bird and crossed it into their line of orps and started to develop them from that cross.
ETA: The first lines of lavender ameraucanas that were available were developed by John Blehm and Michael Muenks using OEG and D'Anvers. These were obviously bantams and were bred up from there. The lines from the orp/ameraucana were mixed in by some people at a later date. The person who had the original lavender bird made some orpingtons, ameraucanas and araucanas. I don't know what they used to improve their lines or specific details.
Wasn't there some Australorp involved originally, too?
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